Sophie Beach
Sophie Beach is CDT's Operations and Communications Manager. From 2003-2021, she served as Executive Editor of CDT English. She lives in Berkeley, California.
Photo: Cleaning staff at train station in Chengdu (犀浦地铁站), by Kristoffer Trolle
Posted by Sophie Beach | Jan 9, 2021
CDT Top Ten Posts of 2020: Ren Zhiqiang, Cai Xia, and COVID-19
Posted by Sophie Beach | Dec 31, 2020
This year, not surprisingly, CDT’s most popular posts centered around the emergence and spread of the novel coronavirus, and related stories such as the death of whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang and censorship of relevant...
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Posted by Sophie Beach | Dec 28, 2020
The year just past has been one unlike any other in recent memory, in China and around the globe. As the year began, residents of Wuhan were just learning about a new virus that had emerged in their city. By the end of January,...
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